Educating pilgrims about AIDS

ALLAHABAD: `Ham rahenge to dharm rahega, hum nahin to dharm nahin',
(existence of religion is synonymous with the existence of human
lives) is the catchphrase of a group of volunteers of a social outfit Prayagraj
Seva Samiti which has taken upon the mantles of educating the
multitudes visiting the Magh Mela about the evils of the Aquired
Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and persuade them to desist from
using polythene in their endeavour to keep the river pollution free.

"Undertaking such a signature campaign in the Sangam area on the
occasion of Magh Mela would definitely have reverberations throughout
the country in the backdrop of the fact that the annual Magh Mela is
a reflection of Mini India," said convenor Teerthraj Pandey while
talking to TOI.

Mrigank Tiwari, for Times of India

College sacks four hostel staff for testing positive for HIV

CHENNAI: In these days of recession, pink slips are not uncommon. But a well-known college in Tamil Nadu's a southern district of Dindigul, sacked four of its hostel staff -- cooks and kitchen assistants -- because they tested HIV positive.

The incident which smacks of discrimination has snatched four staff members, including a woman, of their livelihood. They are now either working as daily wage coolies in fields and on construction sites or desperately searching for jobs.

Jaya Menon, for Times Of India

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No doctors for 6 HIV+ patients

Two have gallstones, one is carrying a steel rod inside one of his legs and three are suffering from inflamed appendix, hernia and renal calculi. But no surgeon in Bihar is coming forward to operate on them. The reason: All of them are HIV positive patients.

The six, four from Patna and one each from Munger and Nawadah, have been turned down during the last six months by the district hospitals of Munger and Nawada and even the medical college hospital in Patna.

Binod Dubey, for Hindustan Times  

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